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*We are offering weeklong intensive workshops in physical theatre and music to the performing arts communities we visit during our tour.

**The workshop participants who are committed and interested will be incorporated into Be Here as an integrated chorus. We will perform this final showing as a part of various festivals such as:
TRNFest in Ljubliana, the Ohrid Summer Festival in Ohrid, and more.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

1. To lend performing artists tools for making dynamic new physical theatre pieces incorporating a live soundscape from existing resources.
2. To encourage artists to make art spontaneously, as well as to build on classical works of literature and drama
3. To emphasize each individual to access and work with his or her own strengths as well as cultural distinctions and uniqueness, with an emphasis on the ensemble
4. To break habitual patterns, relieve inhibitions, and invoke creation

WORKSHOP OUTLINE (1 day sample)

*WARM UP-30 minutes Yoga stretches, breath, and strength-building exercises including partner and group interaction. (Also based on Grotowski approach of physical exertion moving the actor out of the over-cerebral, intellectualized approach to performance). Designed and led by gNatalie Rodic (Certified Yoga Instructor)
*Center and strengthen the body and nervous system
*Develop mind/body/breath coordination & increased use of breath
*Develop greater sensory and kinesthetic awareness
*Tune into group energy

BRAINSTORMING/ WRITING-
20 minutes led by all members of BOHP
*Relieve the brain of extraneous thoughts and baggage
*Generate original written material thematically related to social identity, i.e., freedom vs. bondage, & transformation vs. stability, concepts of home
*To distinguish which elements are unique to the group from those that are universal, and to extrapolate on specific cultural characteristics

STORY PHYSICALIZATION & JAM SESSION-
150 minutes designed & led by all members of BOHP
*Physical Theatre exercises, improvisation sessions, & Viewpointing sessions (developed from working extensively with Ann Bogart& the SITI Company) along w/music
*Instill the principles of ensemble
*Integrate the principles of ensemble with the storyboard of Be Here, based on themes of transformation and searching for home
*Aid and encourage students to choose one or several forms or mediums for performance, or to create their own, based on various structures / rules

PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION- 60 minutes
*Participants begin to add their work into the existing story 3 (each day, adding on, including music)
*Group discussion of work and showing
*Participants will join in the two or three public performances of Be Here

VIDEOTAPING & DOCUMENTING of the workshop sessions & performances

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